But Doug's logic is the stupid logic of someone who is utterly in the dark of how public opinion gets formed. If those 9 million (or 3000) have to be derived from a number of different sources and are not named in a figure _named_ Unemployment, then they are hidden. Not very many people comb the official data or would know how to make sense of a number of different figures.
People KNOW only what appears clearly on the front page or on 5 minute news summary. Anything not so revealed is a hidden but open secret.
Repeat: I do not know if Shane is correct or off the wall. I do know that is off the wall here.
Carrol -----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Doug Henwood Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 8:47 AM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Fwd: Making 9 million jobless "vanish"
If they vanished, how'd this smartypants find them using official stats?
On Mar 20, 2012, at 9:43 AM, Shane Mage wrote:
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>> Subject: Making 9 million jobless "vanish" (from Naked Capitalism)
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>> Making 9 Million Jobless "Vanish": How The Government Manipulates
Unemployment Statistics Daniel R. Amerman (hat tip reader May S). Today's
must read.
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